Question

I have a textual input that says:

The printer goes from ready state to working state when the following conditions are met:
1. paper is present
2. connection is proper
3. power connection

How do I parse this text as three sub divisions (1. source state, 2. destination state, 3. condition)?

Is it possible to do this using reqular expression matching in C#?

Answer 1

Use the below

fromstate = Regex.Match(SubjectString, "from (.*?) state(.*?) to (.*?) state(.*?)are met:(.*)").Groups[0].Value; //from state

tostate = Regex.Match(SubjectString, "from (.*?) state(.*?) to (.*?) state(.*?)are met:(.*)").Groups[2].Value; //to state

conditions = Regex.Match(SubjectString, "from (.*?) state(.*?) to (.*?) state(.*?)are met:(.*)").Groups[4].Value; //conditions